| Organization: | The Loudoun Museum |
| Location: | Leesburg Virginia |
| Event: | The Quaker Girl, Her Life and Her Needlework |
| Date: | Exhibition: March 28-Jun 30, 2008 |
| Description: | The Loudoun Museum in historic Leesburg, Virginia invites you to participate in a major exhibition and symposium for a unique look at The Quaker Girl, Her life and Her Needlework. Inspired by the strong heritage in the area, our mission is to bring to life the story of the Quaker girl, her religion, family and home-life, education, courtship, marriage and the special needlework she created. The exhibition, open from March 28-June 30, 2008, will include scenes; a girl stitching her sampler by the kitchen fireplace, a schoolroom; a marriage service in the Meeting House. Rare artifacts displayed together for the first time include furniture, clothing, silver, quilts , samplers and a unique Union flag made by the Waterford girls to show their sympathy during the Civil War. The symposium, April 10, 11, 12, 2008 will feature internationally known scholars, covering new ground. Carol Humphrey, Keeper of Textiles at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge England will speak on early Quakers in England, their families, schools and needlework. Lynn Tinley, Ph.D in American Studies, will focus on Quakers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, with the special needlework of the Philadelphia area. Sue Studebaker whose outstanding research resulted in Ohio is My Dwelling Place, will describe the Quaker movement west to Ohio, and the samplers they made. Kathy Staples, scholar, historian, author, curator of numerous exhibitions, will offer new insight into Quakers in the South, their life and needlework. Special events during the symposium will offer bus tours to two early Quaker villages, dinner parties in private early Quaker homes, plus an evening of Living History presented by award winning historian, teacher and playwright, Meredith Bean McMath, telling the story of Waterford’s War, including the young women who made the flag. For those who wish to stitch, classes will be offered by Margriet Hogue. Sharlotte DeVere, Betsy Morgan , and Pamela Darney, with two reproductions and two original designs for this symposium. To place your name on our mailing list, contact the Loudoun Museum at 703-777-7427, http://www.loudounmuseum.org/ email,: info@loudounmuseum.org or Betty Flemming at 703-777-2947; email: mailto:bwflemming@verizon.net |
